Kilpatrick Fort

Situated in rough, level pasture (OD 112m/370ft). Depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped earthwork which is annotated 'Kilpatrick Fort'. Monument is visible as a well preserved ringfort on aerial photograph taken c. 1973 (CUCAP AYR011). Circular-shaped earthwork depicted on an estate map of Sonna Demesne (NLI, MS 21 F. 48 (018) ). Monument described in 1983 as a circular-shaped trivallate ringfort (diam. 31m) enclosed by an inner bank, an intervening fosse, an intervening bank and traces of a possible outer bank. The inner bank (int. H 0.3m) of earth and stone is a substantial structure and has internal stone facing. There is a fall of c. 2-3m externally to the intervening fosse (approx. Wth 2m) which has been poached and eroded by livestock in places. The intervening bank (int. H 0.5m) of earth and stone is also eroded in places. There are traces of a possible outer bank at WNW, which appear to continue in the field fence at W. A house site (WM018-063001-) is located within the interior. Monument is visible today as a partially tree-lined ringfort on Digital Globe aerial photography. See attached plan and profile of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 04 February 2019

Kilpatrick Fort is a circular earthwork situated in a pastoral landscape, depicted on Ordnance Survey maps from 1837 and 1913. It is likely an early-medieval ringfort, and like many such sites, may have local associations with folklore, though specific traditions are not recorded.